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5 suspects arrested west of Kirkuk
(VOI) A joint Iraqi-U.S. force captured five suspected gunmen in a security raid west of Kirkuk on Tuesday, the city's districts police chief said. "A force from the Iraqi police and the Multi-National Force (MNF) conducted a search raid in the villages of Rubeizar and Marziyeh, (65 km) west of Kirkuk, capturing five suspected gunmen," Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq Voices of Iraq (VOI)."Also during the operation, 13 different weapons and an amount of ammunition were seized," said Qader, adding the operation ended without any casualties amongst security forces. Kirkuk, an oil-rich city of mixed population of ethnic and religious groups, lies 250 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Posted by: Fred 2008-05-28 |
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